Have you ever noticed how, for assemblies with moving parts, Inventor doesn’t seem to mind components running through each other? Wouldn’t it be better if the components hit each other and stopped, rather than behaving like eerie ghosts? If you’re interested in achieving exactly this, read on! Interference by Design Believe it or not, this …
Autodesk Inventor is an absolute joy to use, and can make 3D modelling feel just like Lego© for grown-ups. But once in a while, a default setting may be something you just can’t get used to. Or once you really get into the swing of things, you may wish to add your own shortcuts, and …
Inventor project files: what are they, and what do they want from us? This extraordinarily short guide explain it all! In a nutshell In a nutshell, project files let us organise our designs in a flexible way. Within a project file, we are able to define: Which appearance libraries are to be used, Which materials …
Introduction Have you ever wanted to set up a render farm for your Autodesk products? Well you’ve had the power the entire time, in the form of Autodesk Backburner. Backburner is a bundle of programs that allow users of 3ds Max, Maya, Flame, Flame Assist, Flare or Lustre to use multiple computers in order to …
I have recently got my hands on the BLK 360 and it has been fantastic to try it out in lots of situations (drainage surveys, settlement surveys, as built, interior design measure ups) it has a plethora of applications. But I want to talk about one of the benefits of the BLK 360 in particular …
Sometimes using AutoCAD can be a blessing and a curse, from the get go sometimes things that you think should be simple can be quite difficult. One of these conundrums presents itself in the form of editing the length of a line. Lets say I want to edit a line and make a 1000mm line …
Global Parameters are often overlooked in Revit but can be extremely useful. So what are Global Parameters? Lets use an example. In the sample Revit project “RAC_basic_sample_project.rvt”, we have a number of windows on Level 1 which we are going to control the Sill heights at a project level. Using a Global Parameter on the …
Revit comes with a number of snaps that can be turned off or on, these can be grouped into the following: Dimension Snaps Object Snaps Temporary Overrides All the snap settings can be found on the Manage tab and then by clicking the Snaps button. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts: SO – …